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LONDON: At the Licensing Show in Las Vegas next month, 4Kids Entertainment International will be presenting Penelope, the preschool property that it has begun representing in the L&M market, excluding Asia and France. The best-selling books by Anne Gutman and …

NEW YORK: Patrick Elmendorff, managing director of Studio100 Media, talks about reinventing classic brands and developing 360-degree properties in this video interview.   Studio100 Media’s catalogue features a host of classic brands that have been updated and reinvigorated for a …

LONDON: Kate Marsh has been promoted to senior VP of broadcast and channel development at Sony Pictures Television’s international networks division, where she is tasked with enhancing the performance of the company’s channel portfolio across EMEA. Reporting to Ross Hair, …

 NEW YORK: Six new dramas are joining ABC in the 2010-2011 season, alongside three comedies and the RDF USA-produced unscripted series Secret Millionaire, as well as the returning Brothers & Sisters and V, among others. Flash Forward, meanwhile, which debuted to strong …

MINNEAPOLIS: Consumer-electronics retailer Best Buy will begin providing its streaming content service, CinemaNow, this month through all new connected Blu-ray players and home theater systems from LG Electronics. The service will also be accessible on most PCs via www.cinemanow.com. The …

WARSAW: Fox International Channels in Poland has signed a multi-year series output deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal covers new series like Glee, Modern Family and The Cleveland Show, among others. It also includes the back libraries …

SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority (MDA) issued a statement today clarifying its position on cross-carriage of exclusive content, arguing that there is "no question of content owners’ rights being disregarded." The MDA’s new regulations in the Singaporean pay-TV sector have …

NEW YORK: Oversight for MTV Networks’ Tr3s channel, targeted to U.S. Hispanic viewers, is being taken over by MTV Networks Latin America and its programming slate expanded in its bid to appeal to a "wider spectrum of the Latino audience." Sofia Ioannou, managing …

BEIJING: Pay-TV technology and applications provider NDS says that it is tripling its investment in staff and infrastructure in China this year to meet the strong demand for digital-TV services. Earlier this year, NDS noted that it had upped its headcount …

BANFF: Eric McCormack is set to receive the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the Banff World Television Awards next month. "Eric is an amazing, talented actor whose hard work and acting skills know no bounds," said Peter Vamos, …